Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria shook her head angrily , aware of the futility of trying to explain the dilemma she had faced all those years ago to a man whose self-centredness precluded his ever having had to make a choice between his own interests and someone else 's . |
| 2 | Instead of asking ‘ How do we ever unlearn our native egoism ? ’ we must ask ‘ How near to a true philosophical egoism do we ever succeed in getting ? ’ |
| 3 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 4 | You know the situations where you 're in a I do n't know a meeting in some presentation and somebody wants you to give a vote of thanks have you ever had that , I had that Birmingham University one time . |
| 5 | That lump of metal on wheels can actually be the most useful exercise machine you ever meet — but ONLY if you know how to get the maximum use out of it . |
| 6 | In no other household had she ever seen a slop basin , and she hated to see an eccentricity erected into a symbol of the traditionally correct . |
| 7 | But stop and think gents. have you ever seen lorry drivers like that ? |
| 8 | Ollie you know where the step , you know the step machine have you ever had a go on it ? |
| 9 | ‘ The first dress I bought from Mainbocher was a model ; a lovely organdie embroidered with navy — the first short evening dress I ever had . |
| 10 | Dickens denies it ever had a distribution deal to handle the X terminals promised by the troubled Athenix Corporation ( UX No 403 ) . |
| 11 | He said : " To the best of my recollection , at no time and in no place did I ever say " break bones ' . " |
| 12 | No , hardly put it down in his C V , Des O'Connor singer Did they ever make that ? |
| 13 | well the questions a very simple one , back in January nineteen eighty eight , on any occasion you spoke to Mr either before or after the first article did you ever raise this question with the solicitors letter ? |
| 14 | If we go to Croydon do you ever go to clean your shoes |
| 15 | Wölflinn himself describes the Bernini statues at some length but at no point does he ever mention the subject … |
| 16 | And er Mr have you ever had to shoot a suspect ? |
| 17 | ‘ What the heck did she ever see in that one ? ’ |
| 18 | What in God 's name did she ever do to you ? ’ |
| 19 | Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood , let alone work with people like him . |
| 20 | Take no notice did you ever see a programme about erm , I forget his name now but he used to dance with Sammy Davis er man in he 's nearly seventy now I suppose but him and his brother go to this place in New York and it showed him outside in the street |
| 21 | N. Have you ever had a gnarly car incident ? |
| 22 | ‘ How did a man like you ever come to be in the Pioneers ? ’ asked the board . |
| 23 | First , which of these daily newspapers do you ever read or look at ? book there they are . |
| 24 | And Which magazines do you ever read ? |
| 25 | ‘ What consideration did you ever show me ? ’ |
| 26 | ROBBIE Did I ever ask him to ? |
| 27 | Only what courtesy had she ever given him ? she wondered miserably . |
| 28 | The North American mink , he says , has fitted into the niche which would otherwise have been occupied by the European mink had it ever reached Britain . |
| 29 | JIM ; Outrageous I know , look over here Bob have you ever seen the like . |
| 30 | ‘ What part do I ever play in any of your decisions ? ’ |